Whiffletree-clip.



No. 719,431." PATBNTED FEB. 3, 1903. 'I'. J. BULLOCK. WHIFFLBTREE CLIP.

APYLIUATIDN FILED 0014.,l 1902.

N0 MODEL.

Wi hi iii n vento@ full litten THOMAS JEFFERSON BULIIOOK, OF FREEDOM,KENTUCKY.

wHlFFLETREE-CLIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 719,431, dated February3, 1903.

Application filed October 4, 1902.

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS JEFFERSON BULLOCK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Freedom, in tbe county of Barren and State ofKentucky, have invented a new and useful Vhiffletree-Olip, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention is an improved construction of whiffletree-clip, theobject being to provide a device by means of which the tug or trace canbe quickly and easily attached to or detached from the end of thewhif'fletree; and with this object in view the invention consists in thenovel features of construction and arrangement, all of which will befully described hereinafter, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure I is aperspective view showing the clip closed, the tug or trace being shownattached thereto and in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a perspective viewillustrating the clip, the locking-plate being shown thrown back and thetug or trace disengagedtherefrom. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View.Figs. 4 and 5 are transverse sectional views. Fig. G is a detailperspective view, partly in section, showing a slightly-modified form ofconstruction.

In carrying out my invention I employ a metallic ferrule A, into whichthe end B of the whiffletree tits, the outer end of the ferrule beingclosed and thickened, as indicated at C, and upon the exterior of saidclosed or thickened end is a boss D, which is of such size and shapethat the cockeye of the trace will t snugly thereover. The end of theferrule is provided with a ange E, which, in connection with the boss D,provides a groove F for the purpose of receiving the cockeye Gr of thetrace.

In order to hold the trace in engagement with the boss and flange, Iemploy a lockingplate II, which is hinged at H to the top of the ferruleand is bent or grooved, as shown at H2, in order to accommodate theflange E, the end of the plate extending down parallel with the face ofthe boss, and thereby holding the cockeye end of the trace in engagementwith the end of the ferrule, and in order to hold the Serial No.125,952. (No model.)

plate in this position I employ a springbolt I, which is located in atubular extension K, formed upon the ferrule A, the outer end of saidbolt being adapted to engage an aperture H3, formed in the dependingportion of the locking-plate- The bolt has an upwardlyextending fingerI', which extends through a slot K', formed in the tubular extension andby means of which the bolt can be withdrawn so as to disengage thelocking-plate, and when the bolt is so withdrawnit is held in thatposition by means of a lug K2, back of which the said finger is placed,as most clearly shown in Fig. 2. After the cockeye has been placed overthe boss the plate is turned down and the bolt engages the opening,being forced into engagement by means of a spring L, which is arrangedwithin the tubular eXtension at the rear of the bolt, and as the plateis turned down the laterally-projecting lip H4 engages the upper end ofthe linger I and throws it out of engagement with the lug K2, and thespring will then act to throw the bolt forwardly.

In Fig. 6 I have shown the clip constructed and arranged to hold a traceG', which has the ordinary hole or opening and is devoid of the oockeyeconnection, and in such construction the boss D' is made narrower, sothat it will tinto the elongated opening in the trace. The otherfeatures of construction, however, are exactly the same as those alreadydescribed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

I. A whiiietree-clip comprising a ferrule having an outer lianged end, aboss and a U shaped groove between the boss and fiange, a movable plateadapted to cover the said end of the ferrule and means for locking theplate in position.

2. A whiffletree-clip comprising a ferrule flanged at its outer end, aboss within the flange, a hinged locking-plate perforated adjacent oneside and adapted to cover the ange and boss, and a spring-bolt adaptedto engage the locking-plate. i

3. A whifietree-clip comprising a ferrule having a boss at the end, anda flange partially surrounding said boss, a tubular extentio engage theupwardlyfpi'ojeoting finger of sion, a spring-actuated bolt; arranged insaid the'spring-aotuated bolt, substantially as and extension andprovided With an upwardlyfor Ihe purpose described.

projecting finger, a lug carried by the ferr'ule, THOMAS JEFFERSONBULLOCK. 5 and al hinged looking-plate attached to the Witnesses:

ferrule and adapted to overlap the flange and WALTER T. DAVIS,

boss, said looking-plate having a lip adapted 1 JOSEPH S. JONES.

